reflections on life as an house sitter and perpetual traveller

Tag: Victoria

Whenever I move to a new city, I like to catch up with local friends. I’d organised with Lorna, my Melbourne friend, to meet at Sorrento and enjoy a day out. It always feels like an adult play-date when we meet; there’s a feeling of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off to it as we give ourselves… Read More Sunny Day in Sorrento

I’ve walked the ancient cliffs of the shipwreck coast in Western Australia, the beaches of the Fleurieu peninsula in South Australia, the coast line of Northern New South Wales and Queensland. Nowhere compares with the powerful Indigenous energy of Port Addis at the beginning of the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. Though stunningly beautiful, It’s … Read More Powerful Point Addis

returned to my first house sit and the special area of Jan Juc, located at the beginning of the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. Reconnecting with the area, I had forgotten just how beautiful and special it is. After a week of constant rain, I sought to take advantage of the break in the… Read More The Surf Coast Walk: Jan Juc to Bell’s Beach

We started the seven hour drive from Canberra at a reasonable hour on a midweek day. With two kids under six and two drivers, my daughter in law and me, we drove south on a frosty winter’s morning. My daughter in law Kylie, had taken the taken the trip to her Mum’s home at Mansfield… Read More Road Trip to the High Country

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Boofy from Port Macquarie

I'm a house sitter, writer and healer who travels around Australia minding beautiful pets and houses, exploring parts of the country some for the first time, having fun, adventure and experiencing joy in living lightly.